- Date
- October 8, 2001, 13:02 local (19:02 UTC)
- Place
- Colo Springs, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2364ECessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 20, 2002
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA FSDO
- FAA report
- 20011008029619A
- Case key
- 53582
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Probable cause
the pilot's inadequate landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing. A contributing factor was the pilot's excessive airspeed on final approach.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The student's approach was "a little fast" and his initial flare was "not enough." The airplane hit the runway hard with the nose landing gear first. The airplane bounced up and began to "oscillate." The pilot requested a full stop landing and told the tower that he would not continue his touch-and-go since he had had a "hard landing." He taxied the airplane off the runway and to the hanger.
Factual narrative
On October 8, 2001, at 1302 mountain daylight time, a Cessna 172N, N2364E, was substantially damaged when it landed hard on the runway at Colorado Springs Municipal Airport, Colorado Springs, Colorado. The student pilot and sole occupant was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for this local flight being conducted under Title 14 CFR Part 91. The flight originated at approximately 1258.
The pilot stated that he was doing touch-and-go landings. His first approach was a "little fast" and the initial flare was "not enough." The airplane hit the runway with the nose landing gear first. The airplane bounced up and began to "oscillate." He requested a full stop and told the tower that he would not continue his touch-and-go since he had had a "hard landing." He taxied the airplane off the runway and to the hanger. The airplane's nose landing gear was damaged, the firewall was buckled and the lower portion of the rudder was bent.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2364E
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17271251
- Airframe hours
- 6,537
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Pikes Peak Pilot Center
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 1, 2001 · 19 hours before
- Departed
- COS · Colorado Spring, CO
- Destination
- COS · Colorado Spring, CO
- Airport
- COS · Colorado Springs Municipal, runway 17R, 11,021 × 150 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 22
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Military, Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 19 total · 19 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days · 19 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.98 inHg
- Observed at
- KCOS
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N2364E · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.